Fermi liquid theory: a renormalization group approach

Bengt L. Friman, K. Hebeler, A. Schwenk

R. Shankar

N. Dupuis, Gennady Y. Chitov

We show that the renormalization-group (RG) approach to interacting fermions at one-loop order recovers Fermi-liquid-theory results when the forward scattering zero sound and exchange channels are both taken into account. The Landau parameters are related to the fixed point value of the \ensuremath{\Omega} limit of the forward scattering vertex. We specify the conditions under which the results obtained at one-loop order hold at all orders in a loop expansion. We also emphasize the similarities between our RG approach and the diagrammatic derivation of Fermi-liquid theory. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.

Subir Sachdev A

Alex C. Hewson

We give a Hamiltonian-based interpretation of microscopic Fermi liquid theory within a renormalization group framework. The Fermi liquid fixed-point Hamiltonian with its leading-order corrections is identified and we show that the mean field calculations for this model correspond to the Landau phenomenological approach. This is illustrated first of all for the Kondo and Anderson models of magnetic impurities which display Fermi liquid behaviour at low temperatures. We then show how these results can be deduced by a reorganization of perturbation theory, in close parallel to that for the renormalized φ4 field theory. The Fermi liquid results follow from the two lowest order diagrams of the renormalized perturbation expansion. The calculations for the impurity models are simpler than for the general case because the self-energy depends on frequency only. We show, however, that a similar renormalized expansion can be derived also for the case of a translationally invariant system. The parameters specifying the Fermi liquid fixed-point Hamiltonian are related to the renormalized vertices appearing in the perturbation theory. The collective zero sound modes appear in the quasiparticle-quasihole ladder sum of the renormalized perturbation expansion. The renormalized perturbation expansion can in principle be used beyond the Fermi liquid regime to higher temperatures. This approach should be particularly useful for heavy fermions and other strongly correlated electron systems, where the renormalization of the single-particle excitations are particularly large. We briefly look at the breakdown of Fermi liquid theory from a renormalized perturbation theory point of view. We show how a modified version of the approach can be used in some situations, such as the spinless Luttinger model, where Fermi liquid theory is not applicable. Other examples of systems where the Fermi liquid theory breaks down are also briefly discussed.